هاتِ مِنَ الراحِ فَاِسقِني الراحا

أَما تَرى الديكَ كَيفَ قَد صاحا

Bring forth the wine, and give me wine to drink.

Do you not see how the cock has crowed?

وَأَدبَرَ اللَيلُ في مُعَسكَرِهِ

مُنصَرِفاً وَالصَباحُ قَد لاحا

Night has turned away within its encampment,

departing, while morning has shone forth.

فَاِستَعمِلِ الكَأسَ وَاِسقِني بِكراً

إِنّي إِلَيها أَصبَحتُ مُرتاحا

So put the cup to use, and give me virgin wine to drink;

for I awoke this morning eager for it.

كَأساً دِهاقاً صِرفاً كَأَنَّ بِها

إِلى فَمِ الشارِبينَ مِصباحا

A brimming, unmixed cup—as though it carried

a lamp toward the mouths of those who drink.

نُؤتى بِها كَالخَلوقِ في قَدَحٍ

خالَطَ ريحُ الخَلوقِ تُفّاحا

It is brought to us like khalūq perfume in a goblet—

the fragrance of khalūq mingled with apple—

مِن كَفِّ قِبطِيَّةٍ مُزَنَّرَةٍ

نَجعَلُها لِلصَبوحِ مِفتاحا

from the hand of a girdled Coptic woman.

We make it the key to the morning draught.

تَقولُ لِلقَومِ مِن مَجانَتِها

بِاللَهِ لا تَحبِسَنَّ الأَقداحا

Out of her sauciness, she says to the company:

“By God, do not hold back the goblets!”